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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l2,2, dated April 26, 1864.

scription, referencebeing had to the accom-- panying drawings, which maire part of thisspeciiication, and in which Figure 1 represents a view in perspective of-I a press embracing my improvements. Tig. 2 represents averticalcentral section through the same.

detached, and Figs. 4 and 5 represent views ofthe fastenings by which the sections of the curb are united to hold the pomace when under pressure. g

It is the object Vof my invention to express the juice of fruits thoroughly in a press that shall combine both economy of construction and 'of space, be strong enough to expel all the moisture from the fruit, and at the same hereinafter described.

To' enable others skilled in the art tom'ake i and use my invention, I will now proceed toY describe theconstruction and 4operation of myimproved `press withl reference to the accompanying drawings. i

4 t .Toa bed fglate, A, of suitable strength (hav-f, internas? -a''to' colductthe expressed juiceinto' any proper receptacle) l attach. securely a strong screw, B. Thisplate `may` be made lof any suitable material, and the screw, which should ybe of some proper metal, may be fastened rigidly 'no itscenter or allowed ifa slight play, to'i'acilitate the adaptation'oi' the surface ofthe follower to that 'of the'poinaceg within the eine.

nulari collar, ,'tliatjvorks'truly'on the thread for thesc'rew, 4andgtlie'screw need only be .threadedtlown tothe' 1top ofthe curb. The collar bis attached lby'an annular box or ring,

Fig. 3 represents a view of. theeurb or hoop which inoloses the articles to be pressed` b', to the follower G, which maybe strengthcned by meansot' a long neck for hub, C, `de seending from the collar b to the outer edge of the platen, and having radial braces or lian ges c te strengthen it, which shouldbe somewhat smaller than the curb, to move freely and vertically within it. The collar or nut b may. have a wheel, bars, or arms for rotating it onthe screw, and, the top of the platen should permit the collar b' to turn freely in Aits groove Y or lip d','so that the Vplaten `,ma-y1llflOie up and y down on the screwwithout turningf l make the curb or hoop D ofithepressin two or more sections,eonsistingtctstares e, securely fastened 'to two or moreseetional hoops, Gr G, and leave spaces f between the stares suiiicient to permit the free esca-peof "all the expressed juice into the ltrough w.

l 0n one end of each of the sections o f the hoops l form au ordinary loop-catch (or I can use a hasp and staple of the common form) to bring the ends of the sections together on one side and hold them firmly united, .and when more than two sections are used to form the curb all the parts but the ciosnglone may be thus secured. When the hoop .is completed,l close aslotted latch, l, on a boss or pin, 2, the latch being. hingedI to one end or' the section and the boss or pin being secured to the adjacent end of the corresponding. section. yThe end 3 of the latch is chamtered or beveled on both faces, that it 'may be securely locked in position by a beveled eccentric or latch-lever, 4, which, when turned `into the .position shown in Figs. t and 5,holds the entire hoop iir'inly together, but when turned the other way`,- to release the hasp, the V.bevel fot' the eccentric passes under 'the -l at e l V and.

forces it oft' the staple. 'It -is obi/"ions, that these staves, h oops,` and fastenings must be made of strength sufficient to sustain allthe' pressure required to express thejuice from the fruit.'

., When one charge' of fruit-or pomace has y been pressed, the kfolltnfrer may be raised frein contact with intheeecentric 4 turnedcut of contact withgthe catch, andthe catch l released, when the curb will open .infsections ,and can easily be removed to permitirse access to the pomaoe Jon'all sides,v` and thus ,greatly diminish thelabor of removing it from the press.

the curb in which case the central openingin the platenand its collar must be large enough ORLANDO CLARKE' to ypass freely over the sleeve. Witnessesz I A What I claim -as my invention, and desire M; L. UTTER,

e to secure by Letters Patent, is S. A.-GRANGER.

When desirable to prevent leakage yor the The sectional curb or hoop D,Whc`n fastened contact of the apples, grapes, or other articles and released by the eccentric, and constructed, being pressed with the common metal screw, arranged, and operating substantially in the a central sleeve of some non-corrosive metal manner and for the purpose described. `may be secured upon the hase or bed of .the In testimony whereof I have hereunto subpress and inelose the screw to the height of l'scribed my name. 

